if you like a gradient effect, change in  modules\newbb\index.php

the line 147  

from this

    echo "<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><td colspan='6' class='bg3'><span class='fg2'><a href=\"$PHP_SELF?viewcat=".$categories[$i]['cat_id']."\"><b>$title</b></a></span></td></tr>"; 
	
to this

    echo "<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><td colspan='6' class='gradienth'><span class='fg2'><a href=\"$PHP_SELF?viewcat=".$categories[$i]['cat_id']."\"><b>$title</b></a></span></td></tr>";
	
	
this are added in the new rc

added the 'gradienth'
and define this in the style.css

.gradienth{background:#C7D0D7 url(../images/gradienth.jpg) no-repeat}
